Re: Apple II vs Atari 800

["winston19842005@yahoo.com" <winston19842005@yahoo.com>]

On Apr 21, 1:42 pm, sc...@alfter.DIESPAMMERSDIE.us (Scott Alfter)
wrote:
> In article <WLOdncxgjbp_rZHVnZ2dnUVZ_jKdn...@earthlink.com>,
> Rick Cortese  <ricor...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >David Schmenk wrote:
> >> Charlie wrote:
> >>> "Rick Cortese" <ricor...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> >>>p8ednSTt4dX6kpTVnZ2dnUVZ_sqinZ2d@earthlink.com">news:p8ednSTt4dX6kpTVnZ2dnUVZ_sqinZ2d@earthlink.com...
> >>>> He is just a troll, ignore him and his BS. I killfiled him already
> >>>> and I can safely say he nothing intelligent to offer on the topic.
>
> >>> You couldn't be more wrong about Michael.
>
> >> My guess is that Rick is used to be wrong, a lot.  Probably doesn't have
> >> many friends, either.
>
> >Your opinion is of no consequence to me. People in comp.sys.Atari.8bit
> >have known me for close to 20 years...
>
> ...while here in comp.sys.apple2, most of us don't know you from Adam.
> Whatever you might happen to know on any given topic is largely nullified by
> your arrogant, condescending attitude.  Maybe Atari users find that
> acceptable; I would hope not, but since I haven't used one of those since
> 1986, I wouldn't know.  I think I'm fairly safe in saying it won't get you
> far at all among Apple II users.
>
> Maybe this opinion, like the others further up-thread, is also "of no
> consequence" to you.  The reverse is rapidly becoming true, and you have
> only yourself to blame.
>
> (WTF is it with other 8-bitters coming in here and trash-talking everybody
> and everything in sight lately?  First it was the Aztec C vs. cc65 thread
> instigated by a Commodore user; now it's this.  I would've thought the Apple
> vs. Atari vs. Commodore "wars" were long since ended, and not in anyone's
> favor.  I could make reference to my posting history in comp.sys.apple2, but
> I have better things to do with my time than to get sucked into a Usenet
> d*ck-size contest.)

I used to subscribe to comp.sys.atari.8bit, until I was basically
jumped by them just for voicing an opinion.
I much prefer the Apple crowd, even though the computer that shares my
desktop with my Mac is a TI-99.

This group has been a source of inspiration. There is a lot going on
here. And less in-fighting. I also enjoy hanging out on comp.sys.cbm,
even though there is more in-fighting there.

MSXers seem to share some of the less desirable traits with the
Atarians as well...